![]() ![]() Egan also talks about other threats including toxic algae, climate change, and dredging of shipping channels addressing the pressing concern of a potential Asian Carp invasion. ![]() ![]() These man-made changes exposed 20% of the earth’s fresh water to waterborne disease, sea lamprey, zebra and quagga mussels, and more destroying native species and changing the ecosystem forever. Anthony Lukas Award – given annually to provide funding necessary for the completion of a non-fiction work focusing on an American topic that is of political and/or social concern.Įgan’s book starts by educating us on the engineering marvels of the late 1800’s that broke down the barriers of the Great Lakes – Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior – for improved shipping and to allow Chicago’s sewage to float out to the Mississippi. Pulitzer Prize finalist, Dan Egan, has just released a new work of non-fiction entitled The Death and Life of the Great Lakes. ![]()
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